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GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
VACCINE OVERSIGHT HEARING TODAY Top members of Gov. Charlie Baker s administration, and the governor himself, are set to testify at an oversight hearing on Beacon Hill today. State lawmakers plan to probe the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
Massachusetts cities and towns are managing the vaccination rollout in part by relying on local resources and infrastructure as the state s approach and strategies face continued criticism.
Municipal officials who recently spoke to the News Service pointed to their own registration systems and educational campaigns as bright spots in the effort to get as many people vaccinated as possible. The state remains at the beginning of its second phase of vaccinations, with residents 75 and older eligible to get their shots, along with companions in some instances, as well as anyone in the phase one groupings.
While municipalities are dependent on the state to get vaccines, some cities and towns have turned to online registration systems to start gathering residents information before they are eligible to receive a shot.
Chris Van Buskirk
State House News Service
BOSTON Lost jobs in the leisure and hospitality sectors are likely not coming back anytime soon and the job market may look particularly different after the state recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, a top official in the region s workforce development industry said. Nothing came even close to the devastating job losses in leisure and hospitality, as travel was just simply shut down, JVS President and CEO Jerry Rubin said during a virtual forum on Tuesday. Because of the uneven impact of the COVID recession across different industry sectors, the pain of this recession was not spread evenly. Here in Massachusetts, the leisure and hospitality sector is dominated by immigrants, women and other workers of color.
Boston surpasses 50,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
Chris Van Buskirk
State House News Service
As Boston approached a cumulative total of 50,000 COVID-19 cases, city officials urged residents Friday, Jan. 22, to trust and seek out vaccines as soon as they are available. We understand that some people are hesitant to take the vaccine. This is especially true in the Black and Latino communities, Mayor Marty Walsh said at a Friday press conference. There is no doubt that throughout history communities of color have faced discrimination in the outright cruelty in the healthcare system.
By Friday afternoon, Boston reported more than 500 more positive results and hit 50,325 cumulative cases.